About a year go , we had a new neighbor move in just down the hill from us .Him and his younger wife decided to force their friend ship upon us .

Heavy drinker and a bit of a pest . He asked me for a few favors , tools and things to do some major repairs on there house . Being the good neighbor , I told him I do not loan tools but I would help him .

I went to town , about a 25 minute drive and the neighbor had come to my shop to borrow tools to fix something . He took it upon him self to go into my shop and take it .

I live with an old friend that I have known since we were kids . He's handicapped and not in the best physical shape . This neighbor is a rather large fellow , 240-ish , 6+ ft. Tall and an ass . Braggart , tough guy , bully , you know the type .

I went down to confront the guy and get my tools back . I walk with a hand made cane which I do need since my last surgery recently . As usual ., the guy was being a total ass was getting a little pushy ! I cracked him in the shin , hard , then behind the knees and he went down !

61 years old , two years probation and the first time I ever went to jail . There goes my sainthood down the drain . This is very embarrassing because there is no glory in what I did . It will be expunged but it happened . This guy has got to go ,
He makes me nervous and I will not not live in fear of anything or anybody !

Sorry to all my friends here , but in my physical state , I could have hurt him much worse with that little old walking stick than I did .

About a year go , we had a new neighbor move in just down the hill from us .Him and his younger wife decided to force their friend ship upon us .

Heavy drinker and a bit of a pest . He asked me for a few favors , tools and things to do some major repairs on there house . Being the good neighbor , I told him I do not loan tools but I would help him .

I went to town , about a 25 minute drive and the neighbor had come to my shop to borrow tools to fix something . He took it upon him self to go into my shop and take it .

I live with an old friend that I have known since we were kids . He's handicapped and not in the best physical shape . This neighbor is a rather large fellow , 240-ish , 6+ ft. Tall and an ass . Braggart , tough guy , bully , you know the type .

I went down to confront the guy and get my tools back . I walk with a hand made cane which I do need since my last surgery recently . As usual ., the guy was being a total ass was getting a little pushy ! I cracked him in the shin , hard , then behind the knees and he went down !

61 years old , two years probation and the first time I ever went to jail . There goes my sainthood down the drain . This is very embarrassing because there is no glory in what I did . It will be expunged but it happened . This guy has got to go ,
He makes me nervous and I will not not live in fear of anything or anybody !

Sorry to all my friends here , but in my physical state , I could have hurt him much worse with that little old walking stick than I did .

and they never took into consideration the idiot walked onto your property and took property that didn't belong to him?

no Dango, i would have done the same thing. don't worry, your sainthood is still intact here at FTF!

I can see myself in that situation. I'd have done the same...but did you get your tools back?

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I can see myself in that situation. I'd have done the same...but did you get your tools back?

Yes , I got my tools back . That,s when he started getting pushy ! I live in a very small town and come warm weather , i,m always out there practicing my Dao and Katana everyday . I love stealth and long bladed weapons . I,d just bought another Katana two moths ago . It,s beautiful !

I don't get how some folks can feel like they are entitled to a favor from you just because they live near by. A favor, is exactly that, a kindness granted at someones whim or because of a sense of developing good relations. If someone is not inclined to extend a favor, that is up to them, as long as they don't expect one in turn. Grown adults, should be able to understand this.

Usually for me a first favor is a given. If I get burned in the process, we're done. If I have someone steal my stuff in the process, they are going to get to make it right, one way or the other. Seems fair.